League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 348 Samsung's Resilience!

QG was the first to make a move.

Xiangguo doesn't need to wait until level 6; he just needs to wait for the minion wave to push in and then dive in directly!

It must be said that Crown is very smart and experienced. He knew that he would die if he left the tower, so his Karma simply stayed in the tower, hoping to rely on the tower to protect her.

Of course, that's impossible.

Xiangguo never cares about anything else; he just walks straight towards SSG's Ueno area.

Karma wouldn't dare leave the tower, and Godve had lane priority. If they encountered Rek'Sai in the jungle, they would invade the jungle; if not, they would tower dive!

With this mindset, Xiangguo acted recklessly, which ultimately resulted in Sejuani walking through the F6 camp in the red zone of SSG, but not seeing the excavator.

But viewers with an omniscient perspective know that Ambition's excavator had only recently left the F6 camp, meaning the two junglers were essentially one after the other!

At this moment, the mid-lane minion wave pushed into the tower, and without hesitation, Xiangguo dove directly to the enemy Karma.

Galio initiates with W, Sejuani follows up with a charge, Galio charges again, and Sejuani lands a final freeze!

Even without their ultimate abilities, the two of them combined have four crowd control abilities, which directly controlled Crown to death!

In just six minutes, Xiangguo got another assist, bringing his score to a perfect 0-0-3!

Seeing that the opposing jungler had already established such a perfect rhythm, Ambition certainly didn't dare to be careless and headed straight for the top lane with his excavator!

With Sejuani's location confirmed, Ambition seemed fearless this time, letting his excavator walk directly through the river without fear of QG setting up vision.

Anyway, the prince's ultimate ability provides solid crowd control, so how could Ryze possibly escape?

The moment the excavator appeared within QG's ward range, Cuvee's Jarvan IV also began to move forward to close in!

Seeing this, countless spectators immediately became tense.

One has a big prince, plus an excavator.

How can a Ryze without Flash escape?

The commentator, Wawa, started yelling, "Hey, Brother Shu looks like he's in trouble! There's no angle left to escape!"

In the scene, Ryze didn't even try to run away; instead, he walked right up to the prince's face!

Don't misunderstand, Chen Dongqing isn't giving up on himself, nor is he unaware of what he saw.

Chen Dongqing spotted the excavator the moment it came into view.

But he didn't think he would die; on the contrary, he felt he was certain he wouldn't die in this wave.

Because when he was hit by Flash at level 3, he already knew that such a wave would happen, so he had already thought of a way to deal with it.

This time, he chose to turn around and unleash a full EWQ combo on the prince, then quickly turned around and ran away while using the speed boost!

If the prince doesn't make a move, he can easily escape by speeding up.

Therefore, the prince will definitely make a move.

His move was to force the prince to use his emotional intelligence!

The Prince has a unique feature: his Q skill is not a dash, but it does have the effect of dashing.

This means that the prince's EQ combo can be released while he is imprisoned.

Seeing Chen Dongqing's Ryze dash away after being imprisoned, Cuvee knew he couldn't wait any longer, so he decisively used EQ to forcefully charge in!

The two weren't far apart. The prince charged forward and knocked Ryze away at the very end of his skill!

After using EQ to knock Ryze into the air, Cuvee followed up with a basic attack, then used her ultimate to trap Ryze inside the circle!

But when Chen Dongqing saw this, he didn't panic at all. Instead, a slight smile appeared on his lips. He quickly moved the mouse and released [Warp Leap] towards the bottom of the tower!

The blue-skinned man clapped his right hand, and a huge teleportation array appeared, which began to slowly shrink and evolve!

This scene sent chills down the spines of SSG's Ueno duo, as if they were witnessing some horrific event.

Hiss. Something's not right!

Cuvee suddenly realized that he seemed to have overlooked something in this round!

How do you interrupt Ryze's ultimate teleport if the prince uses his EQ combo?

Chen Dongqing pressed T, and a QG team logo appeared above his head. He then took two steps up with the blue-skinned man and stood still, waiting for the teleportation to continue.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Master An's heart began to race. He almost spammed Ryze with his right mouse button until he reached the right distance, then he darted through the hole and charged forward!

Just as the excavator reached Ryze's feet and was about to use its W to knock him into the air, the teleportation array finally completed its transformation.

[Warp and Leap] took effect, and the blue-skinned man transformed into a beam of light, instantly appearing beneath his own tower.

Master An and Kuwei stood there, stunned.

They just ran away?

Chen Dongqing pressed T again, displaying a three-star team logo above his head. Then, the blue-skinned man slowly returned to base, exuding elegance and composure.

In the blink of an eye, the gank was neutralized.

Master An snapped out of his daze and then sighed helplessly.

That damn sense of familiarity is back.

Just now, during a gank on the bottom lane, the female police officer dodged Rakan's precise W with skillful positioning.

They tried to gank the top lane, but Ryze easily evaded it with a clever ultimate.

If these two ganks had happened on other teams, they would probably have easily secured two kills.

But with QG, they got absolutely nothing!

The decision was correct, but there was a sense of powerlessness in not being able to achieve it!

That's how QG destroyed them in Chicago last year.

That pentakill with Yasuo is still fresh in his memory.

Defeating such a team with such exceptional collective skills is extremely difficult.

But Master An did not give up.

QG's Caitlyn and Ryze are both champions that need three items to be effective. Even if the opponent has a big advantage, he still has a long time to catch up.

"It's okay, it's okay." At this moment, Cuvee, the top laner, reassured her over voice chat, "We still have a chance!"

"That's right, there's still a chance!"

"Our greatest strength is defense, and against QG, we should push our defense to the limit!"

The same was true for the others.

All five people at Samsung have the right mindset.

Since the inception of the S-series, there has never been a case of a third seed winning the championship.

They came to S7 with the intention of winning the championship. Their idea has always been to take it one step at a time and try to reach their limit!

As for where the limit is, nobody knows.

Therefore, they didn't plan to defeat QG in the first match; they just wanted to play their own game well.

During the remainder of the match, Master An's pace did not slow down.

He also learned a bit of Xiangguo's starvation playstyle, pushing the gank frequency to the limit!

Since the quality of GANK is lacking, let's make up for it with quantity.

It wasn't until eight minutes in, that Master An finally succeeded in securing a kill in the bottom lane.

With Luo RW's unstoppable first move and the excavator's stable control, SSG forcibly took down Shi Senming's Lulu.

Inside the stadium, the LCK commentary booth.

When Roaring Emperor and his two partners saw that their team had finally gotten a kill, they immediately started shouting excitedly!

"That's beautiful! Ambition! Keep it up!"

"That's right, by taking it one step at a time, we can turn a disadvantage into an advantage!"

"Since we killed someone this time, can we get some loot? How about a dragon?"

The three commentators eagerly awaited the outcome, hoping that SSG could achieve something significant with this performance.

Unfortunately, it's very difficult.

They saw Xiangguo quickly provide protection in the bottom lane, and SSG only managed to get that one weak kill, unable to even touch the dragon tower.

Just then, some commotion broke out on the top lane.

Ryze pushed a wave of minions into the tower in the top lane, and the moment Ryze stepped under the tower, Galio's ultimate magic circle suddenly unfolded!

Godeway also found his own roaming rhythm, and Cuvee was the first victim!

At this moment, Cuvee was standing near the center of the magic circle. He could only use EQ to walk towards the second tower, but once he used EQ, Ryze was no longer restricted.

Chen Dongqing immediately used EW to immobilize his teammates, then quickly pushed forward to wait for them to land!

Taking advantage of the immobilization time, Gao Dewei landed his ultimate, immediately used E to approach, and then used W to taunt!

After that, there was nothing more to say. The two of them chased the prince, who had no Flash, all the way to the second tower. Finally, Chen Dongqing used EQA again to kill the prince!

The three commentators in the LCK commentary booth, who had been excitedly jumping around just a few seconds ago, immediately fell silent.

Silence reigned over the commentary booth tonight.

They worked hard, managing to get a kill every eight minutes, but on the other side, QG only needed a casual ultimate move to easily turn the tide.

There's really no comparison!

Nowadays, the LCK tournament live streams are not only filled with LCK viewers, but also with many other people having fun.

Because everyone thought QG was bound to win this game, many people came specifically to check on the three players' condition.

Just like how many people in later generations would go to Smile's live stream to watch WE matches.

This kind of program effect, which is almost like the face-changing act in Sichuan opera, made many viewers in the live broadcast room laugh.

Are you trying to create a TV show effect here?

And the LCK commentators' incredible face-changing antics continue.

Next, Cuvee seized another good opportunity.

But his target was not Ryze.

Taking advantage of his teleportation cooldown, he returned to town and headed straight for the bottom lane!

The results this time were quite remarkable.

SSG's jungler and jungler, Rek'Sai and Karma, appeared first from the river and ganked QG's bot lane duo, forcing them to use their Flash shortly after it was available. Then, the belated Jarvan IV flanked from behind and launched a five-man gank on QG's bot lane duo!

Chen Dongqing was in the top lane and also had TP. He originally wanted to teleport to the bottom lane to secure a win.

But the moment he saw the prince, he immediately abandoned the idea.

There's no hope. Just wait to die.

"Take down the tower! Take down the tower!" Chen Dongqing commanded in the voice chat. "If the bottom lane dies, so be it. It's not a big loss."

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The minion wave pushed into the tower, and Karma attacked and defended the tower. Then, Rek'Sai and Jarvan IV rushed in and killed QG's bot lane duo under the tower without any doubt!

After securing the kill, the five members of SSG raced against time, launching a fierce attack on the bottom lane turret!

Meanwhile, the camera switched to the top lane, where Ryze had pushed the minion wave into the tower and started frantically auto-attacking the tower!

However, it can be noticed that Ryze is not standing still and attacking, but will move forward during the interval between basic attacks, and even has time to throw out an EQ to clear the wave.

The director immediately switched to a dual-screen setup, showing the progress of both sides in destroying the tower!

On Ryze's side, because the Prince was constantly being pressured and even had his tower dived once, SSG's top tower only had a quarter of its health left.

On the other side, because Uzi had the advantage throughout the game and hadn't even survived pushing the lane, his bottom tower was still at full health!

But in terms of speed, one side has only one person, while the other side has five people with a prince!

While QG's bottom tower was rapidly losing health, SSG's top tower was also slowly losing health.

It looks quite suspenseful!

The three commentators in the LCK commentary booth immediately started screaming excitedly again, shouting, "Hey, we're taking down the tower fast! We have a chance!"

Roaring Emperor was extremely excited as he watched QG's bottom tower's health plummet. Just as it reached critical health, Ryze, who was already close to the tower on the left side of the screen, unleashed a basic attack and destroyed SSG's top tower first!

The cheers from the audience exploded instantly, like a heat wave that swept straight into the SSG players' seats and the LCK commentators' seats, causing everyone inside to break out in a sweat.

To be honest, Ryze alone could never out-steal from five people.

But this Ryze still has some details.

Approach the turret during the interval between basic attacks and clear the minion wave under the turret. This allows you to land the last basic attack as soon as possible and lets your minions focus on destroying the turret!

Although this detail is insignificant, it really helped Ryze secure the bounty for the first tower kill!

At this moment, the camera cuts to the middle lane.

Godway's Galio was also pushing the lane into the tower, but instead of taking down the tower, he went straight to the bottom lane.

The next moment, the camera cut to the Dragon Pit, where Xiangguo used Smite to control the Rift Herald again!

After Uzi and Shi Senming respawned, they didn't go down to the bottom lane, but headed towards the middle lane.

QG's mid and bot lanes executed a flexible lane swap.

Gao Dewei went down and managed to farm a wave of minions near the second tower.

Meanwhile, Uzi went to the mid lane and, with the help of the hot-hot vanguard, took advantage of the situation to reach the mid lane tower, making up for all the gold he had just lost!

The game has now entered its mid-stage.

With the laning phase over, it's time for both sides to compete in terms of macro-management.

Seeing this, countless spectators were completely relieved.

With this advantage, QG will be in the lane-swap phase. Those who know, know.

Generally speaking, it only takes ten minutes to easily widen the economic advantage from three to five thousand to ten thousand.

The combination of jungle invasion, group push, and split push on the side lanes has been a punch that no team has been able to withstand so far.

However, as the pace of the middle part of the story unfolded, viewers gradually noticed something was amiss.

QG seems a little constipated today?

They switched lanes a little over ten minutes in, and the fight lasted until sixteen minutes before they managed to get a 2-for-1 trade in a dragon fight and take down the bottom lane tower.

This pace is practically crawling for QG!

"I have to say, SSG's defense was really good this game!" Even Miller, the commentator, couldn't help but praise, "Their vision control was excellent! And their teamwork was very tight; Xiangguo had no angle to invade the jungle!"

Miller's commentary demonstrates a certain level of understanding; from an omniscient perspective, he genuinely identified the strengths SSG demonstrated in this match.

The current predicament faced by Xiangguo is indeed as described.

For some reason, he always manages to see the control wards every time he enters SSG's jungle.

Every time they enter the jungle, their position is exposed. Even Xiangguo doesn't dare to force an invasion because their lineup isn't very strong in fighting, and forcing an invasion would be too risky.

However, if QG wants to develop its operational rhythm, it must invade the jungle.

Only by invading the jungle can Chen Dongqing and Xiangguo use that jungle area to push lanes or take down towers.

If Xiangguo (Xiangguo) loses his form, then QG's rhythm will be like being constipated.

This is why Riot Games said that Xiangguo's impact on the game is not visible in the statistics.

Samsung employees were somewhat surprised by this situation.

They are prepared to withstand pressure today, so they have greatly increased the importance of their vision.

But they didn't expect that vision alone could stop QG's offensive!

Chen Dongqing frowned as he looked at the scene before him, then said, "It's okay, don't worry if we can't break through. We have many carries, and the late game is our advantage."

They have Caitlyn and Ryze, and their mid-game strength is inherently weak. Trying to force an expansion of their advantage might be good against weaker teams, but it will definitely be difficult against stronger teams.

Just postpone it until later.

And that is indeed the case.

Although SSG managed to survive this game, it was actually just a last resort for them when they were at a disadvantage.

Today's QG is not the LPL of two years ago, the kind that couldn't even push onto the high ground despite having an advantage.

Once they accumulate a significant enough advantage, they can destroy the opponent in one fell swoop!

This match was exceptionally long, lasting a full forty minutes.

At this point, Chen Dongqing and Uzi, who had consumed all the team's resources, were already in the lead and had acquired six powerful items.

On the other side, Ruler's equipment was even worse due to his team's disadvantage.

Clearly, now is the best opportunity!

Without saying a word, QG pushed all the minions in the middle and top lanes to the high ground, and then turned around to take the Baron!

SSG was also very clever; they knew they couldn't get the Baron, so they chose to trade the Elder Dragon for resources!

However, the combination of Caitlyn and Ryze was too fast, and they took down the Baron buff in less than ten seconds!

At this moment, SSG's Elder Dragon fight had just begun!

Without saying a word, Chen Dongqing led his team straight to the middle!

There's a wave of minions pushing forward!

You want the Elder Dragon, SSG? Just give it to me!

This version of the Elder Dragon doesn't have the finishing move attribute; it only has the effects of burning and buffing the smaller dragons' attributes. A three-star Elder Dragon only gets you one smaller dragon, which is negligible!

SSG was extremely anxious; they were now caught in a dilemma.

If we take the dragon, our base might be destroyed. If we don't take the dragon, we'll lose our high ground, and we'll have to leave the Ancient Dragon for the other side.

A complete loss!

With gritted teeth, Master An had no choice but to lead his team to forcefully take down the Elder Dragon. By the time they finished taking the dragon and started to return to base, QG had already destroyed SSG's mid-lane high ground tower.

Chen Dongqing looked at the scene before him and weighed the options briefly.

Eight seconds isn't enough time to teleport minions to the enemy base and launch a decisive attack; it might be enough, but it's a bit of a limit.

Chen Dongqing didn't want the tragedy of turning the tide with only 50 HP to happen to them.

Chen Dongqing pressed R [Warp] to teleport the minions to the top lane high ground, and QG's five players pushed down the opponent's top lane high ground in one wave!

The ancient dragon traded two high ground positions; that's a lucrative deal!

After pushing, QG returned to base to regroup, and then, taking advantage of the two lanes of super minions, grouped up and pushed down the bottom lane!

At this moment, SSG's seemingly impregnable defense finally began to crumble, and QG showed no mercy, decisively initiating a team fight!

Taking advantage of the enemy clearing minions and having fewer people on the front line, Chen Dongqing used his ultimate skill to teleport Xiangguo into the fray!

Xiangguo's Sejuani went in and unleashed her ultimate, only to be killed by Ruler's Xayah with a backhook, but that was enough!

Gao Dewei used his ultimate to enter the fray, forcing Ruler to use his ultimate. After Xayah's ultimate landed, Chen Dongqing flashed in and WEQ made their move!

That's right, all you need is WEQ!

With a direct and brutal 0.4 AP scaling on W, Ryze's W damage can increase by 300-400 in the late game!

Faced with this level of damage, AD is no different from being made of paper!

As Q [Overload] triggered the E skill mark, a four-digit critical strike number appeared, instantly sending Xayah to her death!

After SSG's only damage dealer was eliminated, Uzi was no longer under pressure. The female police officer took care of the front line one by one with her sniper shots, and finally easily achieved a one-for-four exchange!

Cuvee, who was responsible for clearing minions in the top lane, saw that in less than ten seconds after he left, all four of his teammates had died.

Cuvee could only stand in the fountain, watching his base turn into countless fragments, eventually piecing together the word "defeat" (in Korean).

I had a lot of writing time today, so I wrote a bit more. I'll finish this chapter now.

(End of this chapter)